Dr. Gerald Rusk is known by everyone in his community to be a brilliant, award winning, psychiatrist and devoted husband. But following his mother's death, a storm is gathering. Troubled by new smells and violent memories of war force him to question his worth. All around him, sinister forces gather to undermine his success and sanity. But who is behind these malicious enterprises intent on destroying his hard earned happiness? Rusk suspects everyone; his colleagues, friends, even his wife may be plotting his downfall. He knows that there is no one he can trust. When Andrew Carter walks into Dr. Rusk's office for the first time, seeking a safe harbor from his own perfect storm of psychological distress, Gerald feels a bond with him that will change both of their lives forever.
The book underscores the fact that the meaning, the therapeutic use, and even the theoretical explanation of transference and transference phenomena have undergone significant changes over the years.
This book is a must-read for both students and mental health professionals at the early stages of their careers, and a useful reference for more experienced professionals.
This comprehensive book examines how the main approaches deal with transference, looking at the technical and ethical difficulties in understanding transference from a theoretical point of view and with clinical illustration.
Arthur Robbins demonstrates how important countertransference reactions are as sources of information and understanding of patient/therapist interactions.
This volume recounts how personal events in the life of a therapist impact therapy and transference and countertransference. Leading psychotherapists share their personal experiences of the effects of life events...
Extracted from Volume 16. An authoritative account, based on a series of 16th century alchemical pictures, of Jung's handling of the transference between analyst and patient.
These essays refine theoretical understandings of the irreducible and omnipresent nature of love in psychoanalysis, thereby offering clarity to psychoanalysts, psychodyanmic therapists and scholars through the often-prohibited love and ...
This book presents a classic examination of transference phenomena and focuses on the development of psychoanalytic technique and theory.
This book describes, defines and demonstrates the clinical applications of transference and projection and how they are used by psychotherapists as 'mirrors to the self' - as reflections of a client's internal structure and core ways of ...
In new essays commissioned for this volume, the writers have set aside the lines that can often divide psychoanalytic groups and schools in order to examine in depth the variety of approaches and responses that characterize the best ...